Ukraine government accuses rebels of destroying MH17 evidence

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A pro-Russian separatist stands at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17Reuters

Tony Bonnici and Hollie Clemence

Last updated at 5:26AM, July 19 2014

The Ukrainian government has accused pro-Russian rebels of trying to destroy
evidence at the Malaysian Airlines crash site.

It claimed this morning that 38 bodies had been removed from the scene and
taken to a morgue in the insurgent-controlled city of Donetsk, where
“specialists with clearly Russian accents” said they would conduct autopsies.

“The Ukrainian government officially announces: terrorists with the support of
Russia are trying to destroy proof of this international crime,” the
government said in a statement.

It added that separatist forces were blocking access to the site and searching
for lorries to transport the wreckage to Russia.